Close-up of a series of dilapidated apartment buildings in the center of Ha Long City

TPO - Many old apartment buildings that are decades old are being planned by the Ha Long City government to be demolished to build new ones or invest in building public works to serve the community's interests.

February 21, 2025 | 14:07

Quang Ninh :

TPO - Many old apartment buildings that are decades old are being planned by the Ha Long City government to be demolished to build new ones or invest in building public works to serve the community's interests.

Video of a degraded apartment complex in Ha Long, peeling off, revealing the rusty iron frame inside.

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The City People's Committee has just reported to the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee to consider and approve plans to handle a series of degraded apartment buildings and collective housing areas that have damaged the urban landscape and posed a danger to people.

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Accordingly, in the city, there are 6 apartment buildings and collective housing areas that need to be handled, including: 2-storey Ha Tu coal mine building (Ha Tu ward); 4-storey apartment building behind Hon Gai High School (Hong Hai ward); 5-storey Bach Long apartment building; 5-storey Lan Be apartment building; Lot A and Lot C of the Provincial General Hospital collective housing area (Bach Dang ward).

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These apartment buildings and collective housing areas are over 40 years old, built between 1970 and 1980, and are now seriously degraded.

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Afterwards, the Department of Construction organized an inspection and issued a notice concluding that the quality inspection of the above 6 constructions was all at level D danger, the structural load-bearing capacity did not meet the conditions of use, and the buildings appeared to be in an overall dangerous state.

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According to Tien Phong newspaper's reporter at the 4-storey apartment building behind Hon Gai High School, this apartment building is showing signs of serious deterioration.

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The exterior walls surrounding this apartment building are peeling in many places, exposing the bricks inside.

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Because the decades-old internal infrastructure was completely damaged, residents had to renovate it by connecting water pipes and wiring around the building.

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According to people living around this apartment building, during storm No. 3 - Yagi (September 2024), Ha Long City authorities had to evacuate all residents living here to ensure safety.

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In another D-class apartment building located in Bach Dang ward, unsafe degradation is also taking place.

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In addition, these projects have been arbitrarily expanded, renovated, built and installed by residents with a series of iron fences on balconies and windows, making it difficult for rescue work in the event of natural disasters, especially fires.

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According to the plan, the city government will organize the relocation of people from the 5-storey Bach Long apartment building, the 4-storey building behind Hon Gai High School and the 2-storey Ha Tu coal mine and will not rebuild a new apartment building. The land area after the demolition of the old apartment building will be used for public benefit as a parking lot, playground...

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For the group rebuilding the apartment building (5 floors in Lan Be, lot A and lot C of the Provincial General Hospital's residential area), the City People's Committee proposed a plan to create a clean land fund and organize an auction to repay the State budget for advance payment for site clearance work.

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Recently, Ha Long City has renovated a series of old and degraded apartment buildings located in Tran Hung Dao and Bach Dang wards. New modern apartment towers have sprung up, contributing to creating a spacious and modern appearance for the city and solving the housing needs of the people.

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Currently, the People's Committee of Ha Long City is reporting to the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province to consider, approve the policy and direct functional units to guide and advance the budget source to implement the site clearance for the 5-storey Lan Be apartment building, the land of Quang Ninh Pharmaceutical - Medical Supplies Joint Stock Company, the interspersed households, the plan to handle public assets with the headquarters of some agencies and units, lot A and lot C of the collective housing area of the Provincial General Hospital and the Cultural House of Zone 5B (Bach Dang ward) to create a clean land fund, organize an auction for investors interested in implementing the project according to the planning orientation of Zone 1, and refund the money advanced to the State budget.

Quoc Nam

Source: https://tienphong.vn/can-canh-hang-loat-chung-cu-cu-nat-o-trung-tam-tp-ha-long-post1718902.tpo